{"id":277,"date":"2014-09-30T00:10:21","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T00:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.242.160\/~stumbli4\/?p=277"},"modified":"2014-09-30T00:13:08","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T00:13:08","slug":"pope-benedict-is-a-great-old-grandpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/?p=277","title":{"rendered":"Pope Benedict is a Great Old Grandpa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/66.147.242.160\/~stumbli4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/benedict-francis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-279 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/66.147.242.160\/~stumbli4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/benedict-francis.jpg?resize=479%2C315\" alt=\"benedict francis\" width=\"479\" height=\"315\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis gave us another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/pope-francis-calls-benedict-xvi-the-ultimate-grandfather-34885\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+catholicnewsagency%2Fdailynews+%28CNA+Daily+News%29&amp;utm_term=daily+news\" target=\"_blank\">painful reminder<\/a> of the abdication of Benedict Emeritus, which seemed to relegate much of what he supported to quaint outdated memories.<\/p>\n<p>CNA News Reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Retired pontiff Benedict XVI joined some 50,000 pilgrims in Saint Peter&#8217;s Square on Sunday, Sept. 28 for a meeting between Pope Francis and elderly people from around the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Welcoming his predecessor, the Holy Father described Pope Benedict as the \u201cgrandfather of all grandfathers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cI have said many times that it gives me great pleasure that he lives here in the Vatican, because it is like having a wise grandfather at home. Thank you!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Pope Francis gave us another painful reminder of the abdication of Benedict Emeritus, which seemed to relegate much of what he supported to quaint outdated memories. CNA News Reports: Retired pontiff Benedict XVI joined some 50,000 pilgrims in Saint Peter&#8217;s Square on Sunday, Sept. 28 for a meeting between Pope Francis and elderly people <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/?p=277\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}